“Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid”*…
Last Thanksgiving, I overheard my uncles talk about how women are better off cooking, taking care of the kitchen, and fulfilling “their womanly duties.” Although I know that not all men like my uncles think that way I was surprised to learn that some still do, so I went on to imagine a parallel universe, where roles are inverted and men are given a taste of their own sexist poison…
From Eli Rezkallah, a series of fictional images, recreated from real ads in the Mad Men era, that question modern day sexism: “In a parallel universe.”
* George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?
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As we check our privilege, we might send path-setting birthday greetings to Kate Chopin; she was born on this date in 1850. A writer of both short stories and novels, she was highly-regarded in her time and in the decades following her death (in 1904). Probably best remembered today for her novel The Awakening, she is considered an important forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors.
